[Nausea in cancer patients. An analysis of its frequency and an evaluation of the treatment of nausea].
Frequency of nausea was investigated during the last six months of life of 342 patients who died from cancer in 1987. 44% received antiemetic treatment, but only 2% obtained complete relief. There was a close connection between opiate treatment, cytostatic treatment and nausea. The highest frequency of nausea was found among patients with gastrointestinal and ovarian cancer, whilst the lowest frequency was found in the prostate cancer group. We discuss antiemetic treatments in this connection.
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D000932:Antiemetics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D009294:Narcotics / Q000009:adverse effects; D009325:Nausea / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000188:drug therapy; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D000932:Antiemetics; D000970:Antineoplastic Agents; D009294:Narcotics
Kvalme hos kreftpasienter. En analyse av forekomst og vurdering av kvalmebehandlingen.